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THE PUSH TO raise funds for a second BUMBLEance is well underway but bodies are needed to help push an ambulance to its final destination of Dublin.
A BUMBLEance is a fully interactive ambulance that caters for sick children by taking them to and from appointments, treatment centres and hospices.
It’s a free country wide service and this fundraiser hopes to raise the necessary cash to get a second vehicle on the road.
The project is being undertaken by Tony and Mary Heffernan who lost both of their children to a rare disease called Battens, Saoirse in 2011 and most recently Liam 12 weeks ago. Tony told TheJournal.ie:
The stress of such a trip is normally left on the shoulders of parents, however with BUMBLEance, this stress is taken away, the parents and the child can concentrate of spending as much quality time together during the child’s remaining days.
The service also offers Angel Trips which is the final journey a sick child and their parents take together before the child grows their Angel Wings.
He said it has transported 158 children over the past year, covering over 50,000km across the country.
Fundraiser
BUMBLEance receives no state supports and all money raised is used directly to help sick children and their parents.
The BUMBLEance Mega Push team started from Dingle and are on day 6 but need more pushing power to make it to the end.
It’s hoped the Mega Push event will raise the necessary €250,000 needed for a second vehicle.
Here’s the schedule for the rest of the week;
They badly need people on Wednesday and Thursday, between 15-20 people are needed each day to push the ambulance. One Mega Push volunteer said:
I have been with them for three days so far and the craic is mighty. Lots of people who volunteer have their own stories about how the BUMBLEance made a difference to their children’s lives and some very sad stories with people doing it in memory of their lost angels.
The charity is seeking corporate sponsorship, but is also asking people to text the word BUZZ to 50300 to donate €4 to the charity.
Those wanting to get involved can contact BUMBLEance on 083 00 44 444 or online at www.BUMBLEance.com.
What a nice way to start the week! Some good news…. finally!
Actual good news. Expect trolls to start abuse…..now.
40 red thumbs for good news. Nobody with the balls to say why. Not happy unless their miserable types probably need a ride.
It’s all a lie getting people to do a weeks work for 20 euro extra on top of there dole does not mean that their working for a proper weeks wage. This tus is a government scam.
And here come the begrudgers, no doubt. How sad it is that it is the default position of so many people on here to greet good news like this with cynicism and evident disappointment purely because it contradicts their “the end is nigh, blame the Government” narrative. Such a dark place to be.
I think they chose a nice picture of Richard for the article, he looks pleased and content and has a nice round bow tie.
One shouldn’t dare to have a critical mindset, lest one attract the dreaded label of ‘begrudger’. Sure if IBEC says there’s good news, it must be true.
Dietrich you are spot on ,take anything this government or any of its institutions says with a pinch of salt you are being sucked in by deception they only have their own interests at heart ,the political classes.
@Touchy.. I could possibly fit into the ‘begrudger” category you state, however to fight my corner I would usually be begrudging due to the fact the way the news is reported more than what it was trying to say. Usually its unemployment figures, however in this case they are actually showing employment figures on the rise, which is not just good news, but good new reporting, as its not trying to cloud the data with emigration, FAS courses and the like.
You can hardly argue with the fact there are more people in employment, hence more tax revenue for the government and hopefully less paying out on Dole cheques.
Drop the higher Vat rate to 20%. Scrap USC. Will create thousands of jobs in retail. Will kick start the local economy. Get Ireland moving again.
Fully agree. Now is the time to take chances while there are signs of a recovery to help boost that recovery.
Reduce VAT rate in construction/ building to 9%. 1 in 4 people on the dole are from the construction industry. A reductuon will help thousands get back to work.
unless the reductions are passed onto customers it will have no effect, it will just mean business making more profit
Its clear not all business passed on the last reduction in vat
Agree 100% but to drop VAT we must drop public spending. Income tax also needs to drop.
If they would only extract the CE, Jobsbridge, FAS courses, etc then we would havecactrue picture.
Having said that looking back over past weeks there does seem to be jobs (proper ones) coming up.
135,000 people are doing CE scheme, FAS courses and Jobsbridge.
Ok Lads lets deflect attention from this bloody referendubbbb
I concur with the comments about revealing the true figures. A lot of people I know that are long term unemployed have been pushed into education in September. While this is welcome, please give us a true unemployment figure. I reckon as many as 10,000 have been taken off job seekers and placed on education courses.
Ah a lovely bit of ambiguity to start the week off
34,000. How many full time jobs in that? How many off the dole. Emigration still soaring. Hardly positive when you look past the spin.
Why is IBEC called the employers group and not a union which they are?
Because that way they can espouse exploitation as ‘partners’ and not just as sh!thawks and vultures!!
Job bridge isn’t a job
That’s why they call it Job “Bridge” it’s a scheme for people to train and gain experience to later become employed. A lot of jobs today require that the applicant would have some experience working in that field, in some cases 2 years. It actually has been shown to be a success with over 60% of interns going on to find employment.
Richard looks like a simpleton.
Richard has a lovely smile, the dear boy!
Whew, the spin has me feeling dizzy.
That vat thing cost hundreds of millions in taxes each year , lets face it the low wage, part time seasonal jobs that where created where down to increased tourist numbers not a reduction in vat rate that was almost immediately pocketed by employers. Even noonan implied it wasn’t worth it(cost>benefit)
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